The Missing Piece: Sizing Up the Competition
While we search for the missing piece, we also have to keep a careful eye on our competitors The fact of the matter is that if you are going to add a player via free agency or on the trade market, then...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece: Reclamation Projects
Go big or go home on these possible missing pieces It would have been hard to believe a couple of seasons ago that Zach Randolph and JR Smith could have been the missing piece on championship...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece: Finding the Perfect Small Forward
Earlier this week, Mason and I projected how Eric Gordon’s return would impact this team, and those numbers give Hornets fans plenty of reason to be optimistic moving forward. If Monty makes Gordon the...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece: Draft Tiers
In the last few pieces we have focused on veterans who could step in right away, take the Hornets to another level, and save Monty the frustration of having to introduce teenagers to the fundamental...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece: Re-Handicapping the Field
Our first ‘Missing Piece’ of the season introduced all of our possible options and handicapped the field, so now that we are halfway through the season, I felt it was right to revisit and re-handicap...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece: Mid-Season Mock Draft
Now that the All-Star break is here, I thought it would be the perfect time to take a look at where the Hornets could find themselves this June on the night of the 2013 NBA Draft. To help me with this...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece: Building an Advanced Team
Last Week, the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference took place in Boston, and some interesting presentations were made that might or might not influence decision makers in the NBA, both now and in...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece: Unveiling the Big Board
It’s that time basketball fans. Whether you get sucked into March Madness for the pure love of the game or for the love of your bracket, we will all be watching closely these next few weeks, and when...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece: Perfect Pairs
Last year, I took a look at the top guys we could consider with our own pick and paired them with the ideal guy to match their skill set that figured to be available with the Timberwolves pick. As you...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece: Scouting the NBA Combine
By the time the next ‘Missing Piece’ is published, the NBA Combine will have come and gone and the draft lottery will be just three days away. On May 16th and 17th, the top NBA prospects will be put...
View ArticleSixth Pick Tournament Round One: Otto Porter, Jr. vs. Dennis Schroeder
In another Round One matchup, Georgetown small forward Otto Porter, Jr. squares off against German point guard Dennis Schroeder. The Case for Otto Porter (McNamara) Darius Miller. That is how the depth...
View ArticleIn the NO Podcast Episode 138: Otto Porter, the Draft, Trading the 2014 pick
Andrew Geiger of CasualHoya.com joins us to talk Otto Porter. Then we start talking the draft prospects of the 6th pick tournament, talk CP3’s displeasure with the Clippers, and think about trades with...
View ArticleSixth Pick Tournament Round Two: Otto Porter, Jr. vs. Michael Carter-Williams
‘In the NO’ podcast partners battle it out in the second round of the Sixth Pick Tournament, as Georgetown small forward Otto Porter, Jr. and Syracuse point guard Michael Carter-Williams go head to...
View ArticleSixth Pick Tournament Semi-Finals: Victor Oladipo vs. Otto Porter, Jr. (Part I)
In part one of this semi-final matchup, Michael McNamara and Jake Madison debate whether Otto Porter or Victor Oladipo should be the Pelicans’ pick if they both fall to number six. Part two will...
View ArticleSixth Pick Tournament Semi-Finals: Otto Porter vs. Victor Oladipo (Part Two)
Part One featured opening arguments for each prospect. Part two features counterpoints and gives you the chance to vote for who you think should make it to the finals of the sixth pick tournament. The...
View ArticleSixth Pick Tournament Finals: Otto Porter, Jr. vs. Alex Len vs. Ben McLemore
The New Orleans Pelicans are just minutes away from going on the clock in the 2013 NBA Draft, and it looks like Alex Len, Ben McLemore, and Otto Porter are still on the board. That is the premise our...
View ArticleOtto Porter, Jr. is the Winner of the New Orleans Pelicans Sixth Pick Tournament
Many options were looked at and debated, but at the end of the day the people have spoken and the guy they want is Otto Porter, Jr. In the latest round, Porter beat out Kansas’s Ben McLemore and...
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